For the first time, American women have passed men in gaining advanced college degrees as well as bachelor’s degrees, part of a trend that is helping redefine who goes off to work and who stays home with the kids. Census ...

The number of poor people in the U.S. is millions higher than previously known, with 1 in 6 Americans – many of them 65 and older – struggling in poverty due to rising medical care and other costs, according to ...

Science may say Long Island is shrinking, but the government says it’s actually expanding, in population anyway. Census data released today indicates that the population on Long Island rose by 111,000 from 2000 to 2009 – the majority of that ...

After hitting a 60-year low, the share of Americans who moved but didn’t go far edged up last year as people were taking few chances because of the weak housing and job markets. Roughly 12.5 percent of the U.S. population, ...

The 2010 census is right around the corner, which means we all better get ready to be numbered. However, who is going to do all of that counting? According to a statement from Southampton Supervisor Linda Kabot, the U.S. Census ...